- Date
- April 10, 1965
- Place
- Van Buren, MO · VAN BUREN, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3508MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179855
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0181 65/4/10 NR.VAN BUREN MO PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 352 TIME - 1800 N3508M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PASSENGER CLOSED THROTTLE WITHOUT WARNING TO SIMVLATE POWER FAILURE. PILOT CONTINUED THE SIMULATIO
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3508M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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